:) me too, still using google as search engine, but behind startpage
Yes, google pay for being the default search engine, but that doesn’t mean they collect your information. And even better, there are also Firefox forks security oriented.
firefox
considering the big monopoly of chrome based is not really free, it’s paid by google or microsoft mining user data
and on the hands of the NSA
It can also be said: security by obscurity is the best scenario for the NSA
Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational by Michael Shermer
I’m wondering if this is a real threat, or a conspiracy theory. If it’s a real threat, wouldn’t be the same with the NSA?
Tears in heaven from Eric Clapton. I always liked this song, and didn’t have a special connotation. But after learning its backstory, now I just feel sadness when I hear it. :-(
I’m also a switcher from ovh to hetzner. Good service, good support, fast machines, the administration website is very good (ovh was slow and ugly), snapshots and backups are cheap and directly available (AFAIR ovh snapshots required a monthly fee). Hetzner is Germany based, good for GDPR, and now they have data centers in USA too.
The 7 habits of highly effective people. Stephen R. Covey
I like so much this book, it teaches so many things, one of those that I preach more is the 4 quadrant matrix for effective time management: An enlightening tool for people that live their lives solving crisis after crisis.
Satyr
I’m the type of person who gives money back to a cashier when they make a mistake by incorrectly giving me more money, that’s very rare in the country where I was born.
https://www.creditcardvalidator.org/generator